Name
Barl's Cage

Mana Cost

Type
Artifact

Set
Masters Edition III

Rarity
Rare

Text

: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.


Flavor Text

For a dozen years the Cage had held Lord Ith, but as the Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.


Number
#190

Other Prints
Fifth Edition
Chronicles Foreign Black Border
Chronicles
The Dark

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Penny | Premodern | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online

Rulings

(04/10/2004)
Does not prevent a creature from untapping at other times. It just stops the “normal” untap during the untap step.


(01/10/2009)
If the targeted creature is untapped at the time its controller’s next untap step begins, this ability has no effect. It won’t apply at some later time when the targeted creature is tapped.


(01/10/2009)
Barl’s Cage doesn’t track the creature’s controller. If the affected creature changes controllers before its old controller’s next untap step, this ability will prevent it from being untapped during its new controller’s next untap step.


(01/10/2009)
You may target any creature with this ability. It doesn’t have to be tapped.


Artist
Tom Wänerstrand

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